Common questions before you buy or sign

Search the building's address or 10-digit BBL on NYC Property Audit. The free preview surfaces every open and resolved compliance issue on the lot — typically within 3-5 seconds. The Pro report ($14.99) adds violation-by-violation detail, fine amounts, lifecycle status, and a deduplicated 10-year history with analyst notes that translate inspector code-section shorthand into plain English.

Each NYC agency tracks a different slice of building risk: construction + safety, housing-condition, and adjudicated court judgments. Each runs its own portal, with its own ID format and abbreviation conventions. NYC Property Audit unifies all three into one view, deduplicates recurring filings, and translates code-section shorthand into plain English — so you don't have to learn three different government systems before signing a lease.

Every finding is sourced from official NYC records and verified before display — we do not invent estimates or scrape unofficial blogs. Each section's header carries an exact data-as-of timestamp so you know how fresh the underlying records are. For closing-grade legal clearance, always pair the report with agency-issued letters and a licensed title commitment.

Two paid options. $14.99 one-time per address, OR $99.99/month for unlimited reports across every NYC address (Pro Monthly — cancel anytime). The free preview is always available without payment or signup. The Pro report unlocks the full 15-page PDF: compliance, financials, building profile, neighborhood, property systems, glossary, and methodology.

Yes. Enter the apartment / unit number in the optional field on the search box — we look up the unit-specific BBL when one exists in PLUTO. For condos, the unit BBL is required to see unit-specific tax and ownership data; without it we report on the building's master BBL.

No. NYC Property Audit is a due-diligence accelerant — it surfaces every public-record red flag in minutes so you can negotiate, walk away, or escalate to your attorney with specifics. It is not a title commitment, lien report, or formal appraisal. Always pair the report with a licensed title insurance commitment before closing.

Compliance findings refresh daily, sales and mortgage records weekly, neighborhood-safety statistics monthly, and energy + pest filings annually (per NYC's regulatory cadence). Each section's report header shows the exact data-as-of date so you can see at a glance how current the findings are.

Yes — every borough is covered. We pull from city-wide datasets across all 5 NYC boroughs so a Maspeth single-family, a Bronx walk-up, and a Manhattan supertall all generate the same six-section report.

A NYC real-estate attorney's paralegal typically charges $400-$1,200 to compile the same public-record findings we deliver in a single PDF for $14.99. The attorney engagement is the right call before signing a contract of sale on a multi-million-dollar deal — they add lien searches, chain-of-title review, and contract markup we don't. But for a renter checking a building, a small-portfolio landlord scanning a new lot, or a buyer doing first-pass diligence before making an offer, our report is the same factual public-record check at one-thirtieth the price, instantly. Use ours first; escalate to your attorney with the findings.